Samurai Archives Japanese History Podcast

EP19 Intro to Japanese History P10 - The Early Muromachi Period

Follow your hosts on a trek into Japanese history, from ancient Japan to the end of the Samurai and all points in between - culture, warfare, literature, and interviews. Simply stated, our mission is to bridge the gap between the popular and the academic, and to bring the world of academic Japanese history accessible to a wider audience through discussion of topics and authors in an informative but informal manner. We encourage those listeners who want to know more to seek out works by the historians and authors we reference and interview, and to contribute to the conversation. Conversely, we hope scholars can view us as a way to reach a broader, non-specialist audience and raise the bar for general understandings of Japanese history. The Official Podcast of the Samurai Archives Japanese History page.

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For the 10th episode in our Intro to Japanese History podcast
series, we examine the events that lead to the fall of the Kamakura
Shogunate. Emperor Go-Daigo, deciding he wants a return to imperial
rule without a Shogunate, enlists various warrior families to
support him in overthrowing the Kamakura Bakufu and the Hojo
regents - however not all goes as planned as Ashikaga Takauji, his
ally turned enemy, ends his dream of imperial rule and establishes
the Ashikaga Shogunate. Unfortunately for the Ashikaga clan, it's
not all rainbows and lollipops for the first 60 years of the
Ashikaga Shogunate, as Go-Daigo's supporters set up an alternate
imperial line and engage in decades of guerrilla and outright war
on behalf of the emperor.

About the Podcast

Follow your hosts on a trek into Japanese history, from ancient Japan to the end of the Samurai and all points in between - culture, warfare, literature, and interviews. The Official Podcast of the Samurai Archives Japanese History page.